The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-08
BYwATER PARK, March 81, 49,


her whole life:
BYwATER PARK, March 81, is
Nephew Bolton:
Do not deceive yourself upon the receipt of
this letter. and imagine | have restored you
again to favor For such is not the case As
told you would do, many years ago My
Will Il made, cutting You off from inheriting
anything of mine; and / shall not change that
VIII You are sad dog with money, and ]
hone to see you sadder one without it As
you know, | am growing old-S6 next May
and feel the need of having Young people
about me. You have a daughter; you are
poor, and without health. Very well In your
circumstances girls are luxuries to be dis
penscd with.
My proposal is this: To take your girl and
give her home, in return for which she shall
read to me, sing, talk, and otherwise amuse
me. If she comes, | WI also give her small
salary-the money to be paid to you for her
seryices-not to her By this, you are not to
death, or you either, for l Will not Let me
know if | am to expect her, and if so-when
Your aunt, EVELYN DUNDAs
Mr.. Bolton fetches a long breath.
1t is perfect godsend," he says
after moment, "a perfect godsend"
Loo colors violently.
How glad you are to be rid of me.
mot glad to be rid of you. But glad
that so good home is offered for your
acceptance. You will be clothed and
sheltered far better than / can do it.
In these ffth-rate boarding houses to
which our poverty condemns us, you
can have no opportunity to better your
condition or to see anything of life"
Loo shifts. Then she feels ashamed
of her emotion, and as a subterfuge she
falls to work upon the thick envelope,
and delivers a sharp criticism on the
grabbed chirography.
Bolton hears her patiently.
Then he make some calculations with
q pencil on a sheet of paper, and he
says presently, in the most matter-o of
fact way Imaginable:
You'll need to make few purchases
IN the morning. 1t will reduce the re-
naming surplus in my pocketbook, but
You can make it up again after you go
to Bywater Park"
1t is settled then that I'm to go?"
"By al means. Yes. Barely fifty
dollars remain in the purse, and when
that is gone, / don't know where more
IS to come from. Get yourself ready
for the journey, for | shall telegraph
your aunt what day she may look for
you"
Loo shifts nudibly now, and with nc
attempt at eoncealment.
What-tears!" excIaims Bolton, in
surprise. Why you have no idea OF
the heavenly place Bywater Park really
Is. | haven't seen it for twenty years,
but they tell me it is Just the same as
of old. 1t will be like going to heaven
to liye-exactly.
But when-when one has lived sc
long in-in the other place." sobs poor
Loo, tiinging her pocket handkerchief
over her streaming eyes, land has grown
used to it, and knows no better way, ii
it seems nard to be 500 suddenly
transported. l know I'd enjoy living
in-in heaven. Only. I'd like to &c
there by degrees, and-and sort of get
used to the change before | arrived
instead Of going all-alI of sudden
like this.
Her father smiles at this naive con-
fession. the sentiment is so very I'M
orthodox But it is Ike Loo, who is
unlike any other person in the world.
The thought of having done your
duty viii help you to bear the separa-
tion from me, he says at last Think,
Loo, what this offer means for us both.
A home for you and a certain support
for me; for you viii notneed the salary
Aunt Dundas speaks of. Without it,
without her offer. what would become
of us? | only see the almshouse In the
distance